1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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1. You have strayed from your party in trackless timber. You have no special signaling equipment. The best way to attempt to contact your friends is to: A. Call "help" loudly but in a low register. B. Yell or scream as loud as you can. C. Whistle loudly and shrilly. | A. Call "help" loudly, but in a low register. | 2. You are in snake country. Your best action to avoid snakes is to: A. Make a lot of noise with your feet. B. Walk softly and quietl. C. Travel at night. | A. Make a lot of noise with your feet. | 3. You are hungry and lost in wild country. The best rule for determining which plants are safe to eat (those you do not recognize) is to: A. Try anything you see the birds eat. B. Eat anything except plants with bright red berries. C. Put a bit of the plant on your lower lip for five minutes. If it seems alright, try a little. | C. Put a bit of the plant on your lower lip for five minutes. If it seems alright, try a little. | 4. The day becomes dry and hot. You have a full canteen of water (about one liter) with you. You should: A. Ration it - about a cupful a day. B. Not drink until you stop for the night, then drink what you think you need. C. Drink as much as you think you need when you need it. | C. Drink as much as you think you need when you need it. | 5. Your water is gone. You become very thirsty. You finally come to a dried-up watercourse. Your best chance of finding water is to: A. Dig anywhere in the stream bed. B. Dig up plant and tree roots near the bank. C. Dig in the stream bed at the outside of a bend. | C. Dig in the stream bed at the outside of a bend. | 6. You decide to walk out of the wild country by following a series of ravines where a water supply is available. Night is coming on. The best place to make camp is: A. Next to the water supply in the ravine. B. High on a ridge. C. Midway up the slope. | Midway up the slope. | 7. Your flashlight glows dimly as you are about to make your way back to your campsite after a brief foraging trip. Darkness comes quickly in the woods and the surroundings seem unfamiliar. You should: A. Head back at once, keeping the light on, hoping the light will glow enough for you to make out landmarks. B. Put the batteries under your armpits to warm them, and then replace them in the flashlight. C. Shine your light for a few seconds, try to get the scene in mind, move out in the darkness, and repeat the process. | B. Put the batteries under your armpits to warm them, and then replace them in the flashlight. | 8. An early snow confines you to your small tent. You doze with your small stove going. There is danger if the flame is: A. yellow B. blue C. red | A. Yellow | 9. You must ford a river that has a strong current, large rocks, and some white water. After carefully selecting your crossing spot, you should: A. Leave your boots and pack on. B. Take your boots and pack off. C. Take off your pack, but leave your boots on. | Leave your boots and pack on. | 10. In waist-deep water with a strong current, when crossing the stream, you should face: A. Upstream. B. Across the stream. C. Downstream | B. Across the stream | 11. You find yourself rimrocked. Your only route is up. The way is mossy, slippery rock. You should try it: A. Barefoot. B. With boots on. C. In stocking feet. | C. In stocking feet | 12. Unarmed and unsuspecting, you surprise a large bear prowling around your campsite. As the bear rears up about ten meters from you, you should: A. Run. B. Climb the nearest tree. C. Freeze, but be ready to back away slowly. | C. Freeze, but be ready to back away slowly. |
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